How to Install and Uninstall lirc Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 08,2024

You can also install and uninstall the lirc on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "lirc" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install lirc on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                lirc
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "lirc" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall lirc on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                lirc
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the lirc package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: lirc
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.10.1-6.3ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Lirc Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2420
Depends: liblirc0 (= 0.10.1-6.3ubuntu1), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), python3, python3:any, libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.34), libftdi1-2 (>= 1.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), liblirc-client0, libportaudio2 (>= 19+svn20101113), libstdc++6 (>= 11), libsystemd0, libusb-0.1-4 (>= 2:0.1.12), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.12)
Recommends: gir1.2-vte-2.91, python3-yaml, python3-gi, systemd
Suggests: lirc-compat-remotes, lirc-drv-irman, lirc-doc, lirc-x, setserial, ir-keytable
Breaks: inputlirc (<< 19), lirc-modules-source (<< 0.9~), lirc-svga (<< 0.9~)
Filename: pool/universe/l/lirc/lirc_0.10.1-6.3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 481040
MD5sum: ea87a4242e6362c08978322890493301
SHA1: 7827e9580223a64a68ed492d12f58fb90cd1e230
SHA256: 8ad504d95638d5fc74c5b293817a38ad55bb35e217a872b81104424b97a4f3fc
SHA512: 407a007d6769270f299549cfd457b5edfd6a8bffb43be3700e8ce0ac9eb28025a4b286881ec693e2bd41e8c9c0492c7cab1a2e0443b4b40b18b2df7fb9ab1f99
Homepage: https://sf.net/p/lirc
Description: Infra-red remote control support - daemons and utils
Description-md5: 1746eac586c652dde3396bfe4ec0c42b